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Comforts. To got up in the morning And hear the baby squall, To hear my husband snoring, And then have Katie call: . Mr., do make Johnny stop Hc*s breaking up my doll;*1 T ain't, she's got my top:" Then comes a larger squall. Now comes the "tug of war" Thc good man cross as sin i try to get the breakfast, And find there's nothing in: For Biddy left last night, And with her went the things; Husband scolds with ali h s might Good news! the kettie st :gs. And when the meal is over. And I begin to fcc: at rest. Think of Katie and lier brother, With thc baby, to be drest. This, together with thc dinner, And Mrs. Barton's call, Is enough to drive one frantic; Hark: 1 heard baby fall. While I try to miiet baby. Hub comes in again for tea, And says. "Do hurry, Mary"- - 0, don't you pity me? And when thc supper's ended, Thc children safe in bed, Find their stockings to be mended, lu spite of aching head. Hub lies on the sofa As snug as any mouse. And when I speak of trials, Yawns, "You're mistress of tl house."' [Original. THE WOW OF A NIGHT. BY E. 15. CHESSBOROUGH. CONCLUDED. ..Well, weeks Hew by. Every di saw Edouard at my house. We wal ed together as of old, wo rode tog thor, we read together, and the de oki times returned-the long, quic delicious hours, when the on thought we had was how dearly \ loved each other. We never spoke Natalie-we thought only of on selves; the whirlpool of passion w fast drawing us into its dangero .depths. On thc verge of the gid< precipice I paused. .'One evening, at a party, Edoua was sitting beside mc. He whispere " 'Oh! that I could bear you, G raldine, faraway to some quiet liti spot, where we could live and lo unseen by prying eyes.' .' 'And Natalie I' .1 said. "At that moment, 1 raised r eyes-she was looking at us witt sad, heart-broken gaze. A sudd impulse prompted me to ?irise a join her. As sho saw mo approat ing, she grew deadly pale. " 'Aro you ill. Natalie?' I said, a took my seat beside her. "She pressed her hand upon 1 heart. " 'No,' she said, with a plaint smile, 'I believe not.' "With his head leaning tipon hand, Edouard watched us. " 'You look sick, Natalie.' " 'Sick at heart; that's all. Won such as I arn, Geraldine, often suf You have tho world at your feet have not even my husband; ; attract all men -God has given ; that power; while I cannot win heart of one man, and that r dearer to me than all others, E his love you take from me, Gc dine.' "The color rose to my cheek this reproach sank deeply into heart; but I said, quietly: " 'Natalie, you shall have no c: to reproach me in the future.' .' 'Thank yon,' she said, carne: forgive mo if I have pained you. .. 'You have not pained me,'I; .ind with a cold shiver, I arose t( I had scarcely reached the st where I was awaiting the carri when Edouard stood beside me. took my shawl and wrapped it ar< me. " 'Are you sick, Geraldine?' .. 'No, ouhy utterly wretched.' "'Let me go home with yoi said, entreatingly. " 'No, not now, or ever a Natalie has taught me my duty wo separate this night forever.' "He drew my arm in his, and quietly : " 'Very well; we will discuss to-morrow. ' " 'No; to-night I bid you goo forever. ' "He stood looking in my face a quiet smile. " 'When we part forever, < dine, it will strike one or both .is with a lightning Hash. ' " 'Indeed, I am in eames ouard.' " 'No, you are not.' " 'Yes; for Natalie's sake, il be so; and for your sake and foi we part forever. ' .? 'Forever is a long time, line; and when it comes to p: you and I can no more uttt word than the stars above us c sever themselves from the lu You think that you are very ? Geraldine, but you are only mau; and when women love, t weak indeed. ' .. 'Yes, we are weak for io -trong, perhaps, for duty; ?nu you good-bye this night forevi "He handed me into the cai " 'Well, good-bye forever, .line-until to-morrow.' "To-morrow caine, and Edouard. Hut the resoiuti taken-I saw him not. He w long, passionate letters-I n reply; then he desisted. I with my heart alone. I struggled-1 prayed. My ( full; for had I not voluntarily ed tho only living creature I really loved? I was alone in the world; I i knew not the dear companionship of brother or sister; but I strove to beat down my love with the strong iron mallet of duty. I might be wretched, I but I would, at least, have the conso? lation of knowing that I was not sin? ful. "Two months I passed in this weary battle of conquering'self. Ont morning. 1 picked up the newspaper. Good heavens! it dropped from my hands. Natalie had been foun/1 mur? dered in ber bed on tho very nigh I her husband went to Paris! There was no clue to the murderer. Tilt I poor iady had been stabbed in tin j heart. These were all the particular! j given, and I almost fainted from ex ! cess of feeling. "A few days after this terribh catastrophe, Edouard visited me. Hi j looked thin and wan; but, thougl ! subdued, he made no pretence-a j least to mo-of a grief he did no I feel. He had no apology to make, h ! said, for coming. T could have n ? reason for not seeing him now; i Was natural that in this dreadfu hour he should turn to me. We sn by the tire and talked quietly of th I 'terrible calamity.' He had offere I large sums for the arrest of the mm derer, whose motive appeared to hav been plunder, as several valuabl jewels were missing; thc bridal rinj too, was gone. "After that night, he never rever: ed to tho subject; and eight monti: after, I stood before thc altar to tak tho place (d' thc murdered woman a the wife of Edouard De Eoe. "But my pen drops from my nerve less lingers. How these memorit sadden me! Oh! I am weary-s weary-of bearing the great burthe cd a dreadful, a harrowing, secre j Nemesis, thou stern avenger, it wi not always iu Greece that thou did live. Oh! the mysteries of life! tl greater mysteries of death! Drea< ing to live afraid to die. Oh! Mere, white-winged Mercy! carry mc to tl foot of tho Cross, and leave mc titer repentant, humbled, pardoned. Ol for one flash from t he light of tl Divine face! Turn it not from m my Saviour. Thou who didst lo? on Peter, look on me, that my bea may be melted by that look, that too, may weep-yes, weep, even the repentant Peter- -bitterly. "There are certain events in li which remain forever daguerreotypi upon the memory--wo cannot, if ^ would, forget. Such was the fcarf event that attended my marriage wi Edouard De Eoe. j 'We shall be so happy,' he sai I as we stood in tito parlor, awaiti) the carriage to take us to the churc j " ?So happy!' ! echoed, as 1 la my hand confidingly upon his arm. I " 'I will make yon as happy as have made you miserable, dear Ger dine.' " 'I have no fears for my fut; happiness, i love and I trust.' " 'And you are beloved and tnt ed,'he responded; and he drew t ! arm within his, us we proceeded ! the carriage. "The sun shone down goblet I upon the large bridal assembly ? j thered together in the church. 1 j fore the altar I stood with Edon; ! De Foe. and tito words making husband and wife were spoken. 1 the priest uttered the last word, r we were about turning from the aH a terrific shriek rent thc air. It fr ! the blood within my veins, ant \ clung convulsively to the arm of ' husband. He said. soothing 'Don't be alarmed ' I looked nj i him-he was pale, but calm. 1 tr I bled violently, and a cold shud I ran through my frame. Ile hun i me out of the church, scarcely reti j ing the salutations of the comp; I Consternation sat on every face, ! there was low whisperings. All ? heard that terrille-that Unnatur shriek, but none could divine f j whence it had proceeded. J "?So powerfully were my ne j affected by the mysterious soi '. that on reaching thc carriage I t j into tears. My husband put his I around me and soothed me with ; deepest solicitude; and thus in' ? I entered my new home. ! "Two mouths elapsed, and j remembrance of that horrid si . 1 had almost faded from my miin I was happier than I believed it y ? j ble for a mortal to be; my life ! one long burst of glorious mel ! Oh! how I developed beneath ? j genial sun ol' love: how all thal j good in my nature grew better bow many gems love set in my c ; which were in ver there before! r. , is no happier destiny for a w i than to bti married as I was-? . ' and receiving a love pure. , unchangeable. But that phil t j shriek-how it came with tin - tinctness of reality, and shivere . j blow the beautiful fabric of my . 1 piness. - : "I noticed that whenever rn j ; ; band seemed the happiest an ' fondest, it was tho time that f j ? shin vii VVOuld ?l":..'. Once, ? II stood together watching the s j sun, as it scattered rich golden over the crimson-dyed sky, - his arm around my waist, and I with almost boyish glee: tl " How happy a woman can s a man when that woman is si a you, my precious Geraldine, m :> last and only love. ' 1 "A pi sreing shriek from tl [ thest end of the apartment ra: s with fearful distinctness. In - tarily, I threw my arms aroiu I husband's neck, and then fell insen j sible. He boro mo to the sofa, and j when I recovered, I found him bond ! ing over me. I looked around me. " 'Oh, that shriek. Edouard.' " 'Hush, dalling,' he whispered; , 'do not speak of it.' "Ho took both of my cold hands in Iiis. L moaned out, 'oh, my!" ' He bent down and kissed me; ho I looked pale and troubled. " 'Go to sleep," he said; 'you need ? rest." "Again 1 moaned, 'oh, my!' 1 j never-never-liad felt such a crush ! ing weight as was then on my heart, j " "Mv wife, that moan will break . rjav heart' he said in broken tones. ! i sat up, too restless to lie down. Tb ' took ? i is seat beside me; lie encircle, my waist with his arm; I laid m\ head upon his shoulder and slept I When I awoke, the day was breaking i there we had sat all night; he wonk ' not oven move, fearful of disturbim ! my slumbers. How haggard Iv looked; and my upturned cheek wa I wei with teal's; they Inn! fallen Iron j the eyes of my husband. "Six months of married lifo passe* j in alternate bliss and sadness. Alar i l iage, iustead of decreasing the lov , ol' my husband, only augmented it Save tor tho horrible shriek, min would have been a lifo without shadow upon its sunny stream Sometimes, when we were wanderin together in the beautiful grounds c the chateau, that horrid shriek wonl arise. Frequently, when wu hav beeu seated together of au ovenin:, it would sound so long, and so fea] fully loud, that I would fly to ni husband and throw my arms aroun him imploringly. He never suffere mo to talk to him about it, and th very silence which ho imposed on! j tende l to make me more unhappj j Ho himself seemed suffering from tili I terrible mysterious visitation, an ' for sev< ral days after wo had hear the voice ho would be restless -al sorbed -gloomy. Nothing, th. : seemed to consol? him but ray love ! and h would throw his arms urouu me. and kiss my cheeks with a pa: . sionate vehemence that was startling ; it was so unlike his usual quiet an i sereno affection. I "Tin- winter thus passed awa; ? and when the spring came, we wei to Italy. Tue evening that \\ ! reached Naples, as we sat in the ba . cony, looking across the Riviera < Chiaja, at thc beautiful Villa Rea : in the distance, I said, involuntaril; as 1 placed my hand on my husband arm: 'Thank Heaven! it cann? ? reach us hen;.' I " 'What, Geraldine?' he said! wi! I abruptness. I " "The voice.' " 'No-no.' I "'There it is again-again!' j shrieked rather than said. 'Oh, E ouard, tell me what it is; 1 cann j stand this any longer; it' you km I the moaning of this mystery-tl horrible mystery-and if yon Io : mc, tell it to me.' As I spoke, a 1 other loud shriek rent the air; it w ! the most unnatural sound I have e\ , heard. I rushed into the apartmci j followed by my husband, who tim himself on the sofa, ami hiding ] ! face in his hands, groaned aloud. ! fell at his feet and clasped his kne I implored him to tell me what ,meant-to have mercy on mc-'ni cy! mercy! my husband, only tell what it means!' "He raised me up, and clasped frantically to his heart. 'You si not leave me,' he said; 'yon are al have to love; you must not leave i Geraldine.' .. 'No, no, 1 will not, only teil what this means.' "He looked ghastly pale; his o j wore a singular wierd ligbt. 'Do ; I love me, my wife'?' j " 'Aly husband, von know Mu I do.' .. 'Will you always love me, Ge dine?" he said, in tones of dee] pathos. "I gasped out, 'Forever! fore\ as I clung convulsively to him. .. 'Don't you see blood upon tl hands?" and he held them np. "I grasped them in mine, kissed them passionately. 'No, j I said, 'they are as white as mine "He gasped out, 'Natalie! Nat j thy blood will never leave these ha Oh, my God! my God! thou a just (?od. I did thc deed I these- hands 1 slew her. A few h j afterwards, and I was in Paris il love, 1113' love, I could not live > il out you; so L sinned and Avon ?Oh! blood-bonght treasure! I can I give yon up forever?' av. : folded mc more closely to his h ? Stunned, fouling as my senses . in ti-.e midst of the black wavi \ despair surging over my soul, one thought seemed present me to comfort, to sustain my k! band. I kissedhim passionate] . his odd. paie lips, which Were qt I ing with excitement. I rained 1 ? i tears over him as I sobbed if . 'I will never-never-leave [?and he felt that all the pow > ! earth could not tear my love r him. We had both sinned; we i needed thc.Divine forgiveness;h forth, nothing but love ever-1: love-would enable me to be? weight of thc dreadful secret 1 . was now between us. I knew ; ! but I did not shrink from him; I could I? Had I not, too, sion j encouraging, instead of repre .: the love which led to this te ; j crime? "That shriek always follow? j Edouard said, 'just so she sin when I plunged the knife into her heart.' Ah! who that reads this will say that retribution tierce and sure -does not visit us sometimes oven here? Is this thc voice of conscience making itself heard? No, no, it is a \ reu?, a superhuman voice; it is the spirit voice of the murdered Natalie. She has murdered, my peace even as I murdered hers: she has had her re? venge. Oh. my husband!precious to this poor aching heart, even with the brand of Cain upon vom- regal brow, tho night you died the light of my life was extinguished. But hark! that shriek! Oh! retribution! retri? bution!" Thus ended the manuscript. KEINITSH S CELEBRATED GERMAS HORSE POWDER ! For all Diseases I? which a Horse i< LiaUe. i^HE various diseases to which that no J. bio and useful animal, tin- horse, is subject, and tin' little knowledge that is known of them by farriers ami ignorant ostlers, have occasioned many n medics to l>e offered t<> the public auder different forms, with high encomiums, and sanc? tion' d by digniiiod names. Sc.me of these are injurious; others, at host, of little usc. and many entirely worthless, and do not meet thc want. A good medicine, free from objections of this kind, has long been desired by many gentlemen who have va? luable horses. We therefore oft'erthe only good medicine-thc true "GERMAN HORSE POWDER," which has proved so efficacious in all thc diseases. H is pre? pared from the original recipe of Dr. Hci nitsb. of Germany. Its extraordinary vir tu< s are attested to by thousands, and for fifty years has stood, and still stands, first ut the estimation of all experienced farm? ers and agriculturists as thebes! m' dicine ; for the horse, lt is recommended for I horses foundered by eating to excess or I drinking cold water when heated, to such i as have symptoms Of gland rs or are ex ' posed to thc infection by being with other ; horses, for indigestion, diste: per, hide ] hound, drowsiness, loss of appe ito, inward j sprains, debility, wasting of (lesli, sore ! eyes, swelled legs, grease, mango, surfeit, i old coughs, for exhaustion from wi rk. lt I carries off all foul humors, purifies and j cools the blood, and prevents horses be i coming stiff and foundered, lt is a stimu? lus [or weak stomachs, and renders thc j limbs and skin soft and line, giving a i -mooth coat to tho bair. Ask for "Hei n it-h's German Horse Powder."' For ?ale by FISH ER & fflEINITSH, Dru reists. HIEBWIE1, IRON, STEEL. NAILS, POT WAKE. Tin'd and Jap'd HOLLOWWARE Carpenters' and Elackruis TOOLS SCALES. AXES, S. W. Collins" and o?? j brands. PAINTS. OILS and GLASS. In store and for sale LoW by FISHES- & LOWRANCE. READY-MADE CLOTHING. THE ladies, gentlemen and young peo? ple of Columbia, who m av be in want I of "SOMETHING TO WEAR," are respect? fully and earnestly invited by the ladles of the Industrial Association to call at their I Work-room, in the Female Academy, and : examine the articles which they have now I ready for sale. Some one will always be j found ready to exhibit tho ready-made gar ! men ts and to receive orders from those j who may wish to have work done neatly ' and promptly. I The object of the Association is to fnr j ni.sb constant employment to those who, I having boen impoverish' d by the war, now ! depend on the needle for daily bread, i Does not such an object commend itself to I the hearts of our citizens? Or must the ; anxious applicants for work be told that j our people prefer Northern-made garments, ? and that there is, theft fore, no more work , for them? Shall it be said that such an association as this cannot he sustained in . j the capital of South Carolina? Jan 19 . I Thos. P. Walker. ,1 CORONER AND MAGISTRATE. OFFICE in rear of the Court House, for tnerlv occupied bv D. B. D Saussure. ? , Esq. * Feb 20 The Adornment of the Head-The Hair Restorer. . / '?< WAY HEA DED people have their locks V.X restored by it to the dark, lustrous, .-liken tresses of youth, and are happy. " ! Young people, wit ii lirrht. faded oi red hair, . ; have these unfashionable colors changed to a beautiful auburn, and r< joice. Peuple i i whose heads arc covered, with dandruff and . ! humors, usc it, and have clean coats and char and healthy scalps. Bald-headed i \ eic rans have tlmir remaining leeks tight t \ cued, and the b ro snots covered with a luxuriant growth of nair, and dance for joy. Young gentler u us? .: because it is > richly permuted. Young, hob ? usc it be 5 ? cause it keeps their hair in place, Every i ! body mufi and teili use it. because ii is thc . cleanest and bes! artic] in thc- market. ' Forsale bv F1S?I !; .> ?IFINTTSH, Feb 3 Druggists REFINEL SUGARS. -I (\(\DDLS. REFINED SUGARS, con JA/V/ sisting of Crushed, Powdered A and Extra C Sugars, just received and for sale bv J. & T. R. AGNEW. Ftb'9 1 * Large and Elegant Stock, 9B'IK? A 1 & MWMWMM? WHICH WAS BOUGHT ONLY FROM MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS VT REDUCED PRICES. WE INTEND MAKING QUICK SALES, AT SMALL PROFITS ! 3. H. MYEHS & CC, Mar? >M Citv H< W il ? HAYE .?CSi RECEIVED AX ASSORTMENT OF . " iS i > .1 ? 1 XG < 1 LiOTII I IV Cir I OF TH Elli OWN MAN C FACTU RE. WHICH THEY OFFER TO THE. FUCLK r x r s r A L L Y L o AV P R I C E S : SPRING CA.SSIBLTERES-NEW STYLE. BEDELL'S ROW. March o ^^^^iiiffi IMBI. ir m irnimm itsil, M'l'.SCitlBE FOI: ?tx, I LY AND TUT-WEEKLY : OR THE J?fti \ yp ii Pl" BUSHED KvKIiY WEDNESDAY', IK COLUMBIA. S. C. The Latest Telegraphic News! ' Foreign and American, will bo found in these publications. Every issue of il ie i>;iily contains from Ten io Fourteen Columns ol' Reading Matter: the Tri-Weekly from Twenty to Twenty-four. Terms as reasonable ns the stringency ol the money market and the quantity of reading matter furnished will warrant. The Weekly contains FORTY EIGHT COLUMNS, and is the Larges! and Cheapest Paper in the South. SSfSpecimciis furnished on application. Daily PhuMiix Tri-Weekly Weekly Gleaner Kl i. J NTING Of all kinds, such as Books. Pamphlets. Hand-bills, Posters. Dray Tickets, Receipts, Blanks. Programmes. Contracts, Circulars. Bill Heads, Business Cards. Labels. Visiting Cards. Wedding Cards. PLAIN OR COLORED. Promptly executed, and at such prices as will make ? inducement foi persons LO Leave their orders. JULIA X A: SK LB Y. Proprietor Pho.-nix Power Press Printing; establishment. West side Main, between Taylor and Blandina Sis. CTNS. PISTOLS, ?T'T8^T?!^ ! ? mun ACCOUTREMENTS, ' ' m yrtrx na xi. -t i <c? xx ~ A NK'V .'.,:!'""- -- j H VYE - . ..vc.,,' Hie Stat- a^ncy A ?iv,! .".>... . J * ; : y.?-K iVAlKM TEE ACTION PA A? elegant :;.-.?.ii in:' ul ol n?. . 1 ?. . . . vivi i ii ? r i . i . i-v .> TACKLE- Rod*, lt*?!*, Bo... IR? . ? BLXOIAKI^ MM'- WiJEkENI Line?, &c. At LOW BRICES. bl/Es. [t w cycKe? witn *.inai i^iitj t?j 7J. IU ERA FT. ?fr?^acciS ?nd ccSrit?ofVrc". Washington -ti.. t. opposite ..!?'. Jail. The hstol i* ?m?ar in ?ii?r-h and calibre N. B.-Mannractnrinp and repairing tc? Colt'?, substantially anil ntativ executed. Whok-?sa?e ucab rs will find :t to their ad May 20 * ly vantage to purchase these in preference to anv other Pistol. Old Newspapers Call at the office of thc Cote.ii Oin Warc I^OR SALE at th* \?>nac ami see foryourselv. >. 1 l'IIONlX OFFICE. March 7 6mo A. h. 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